A new playground, a splash pad, a gazebo, a turf field, sport courts, a parking lot, even a dog park could be coming to the “rapidly developing” Latah/Hangman Neighborhood in southwestern Spokane.
Among the 200-plus projects that would be addressed in Spokane Public Schools’ $200 million bond and city parks’ $240 million levy is the replacement of the city’s second oldest public school still in use.
Though it’s officially named “North Central High School,” some school officials dubbed the patchwork school “the SeaTac project that’s never-ending,” or “A Tale of Two Cities,” for the piecemeal updates made over the years.
Spokane public school students may in coming years have the opportunity to spend their entire four years learning how to weld sheet metal or suture a laceration instead of studying Shakespeare, which school officials believe will in many cases better meet their personal learning needs and fast track them into a well-paying career out of school.
Transgender athletes, school safety and getting back to the trades were some of the major topics Spokane-area school board candidates addressed Thursday, less than a month away from Election Day.
Two names are on the ballot for fire commissioner in Spokane County Fire District 9, but one candidate said he had second thoughts about the position after it was too late to remove his.
A retired special education teacher is running a "satirical campaign to basically out-Trump Trump" for a position on the Elk Cemetery commissioners board, challenging the community service-driven incumbent who helped her mom dig graves at the same cemetery when she was growing up.
Voters in Spokane this November will be faced with many decisions, but perhaps the biggest question will be whether they are willing to pay taxes to fund $440 million in sweeping projects at the city’s schools and parks.
The challenger in a race for Central Valley School Board seeks to end division in the community over what he characterizes as politically motivated actions that the incumbent defends.
Two women are facing off for a chance to be on the Liberty Lake City Council: Arlene Fisher, who has worked in city government for decades, and Judie Schumacher, a retired Wells Fargo and Fortune 500 financial services employee.
